Iced Solid - Clear to Illinois!

Still recovering from the flood that was the worst disaster experienced in the United States up to that time, the new year, 1938, started with what many feared was a prelude to another debacle. At Paducah, the Ohio River froze ...

Capt. Frederick Way, Jr.

1901-1992

Riverman, author, historian, America's foremost authority on inland waterways. Captain Way lived close to this spot, on River Avenue. Reared in Edgeworth on land settled by the Way family before 1800, he was the first president of the Sewickley Valley ...

Indians at Queenston Heights

October 13, 1812

Warriors of the Six Nations of Iroquois (Mohawks, Oniedas Onondagos, Cayugas, Senecas, Tuscaroras), mainly from the Grand River, fought as allies of the British in this historic battle with the Americans. Speaking distinctive dialects and with different religious ...

Greenville County Veterans Memorial / Greenville County Medal of

[Veterans Memorial]:

Veterans Memorial

WWI 1917-1918

WWII 1941-1946

Korea 1950-1955

Military Branch Seals: United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, United states Merchant Marine

Vietnam 1961-1975

Persian Gulf 1990

Undeclared Wars

POW...Remembering Those Who Served...MIA

[Medal of Honor]:

The Medal ...

Henry Clay Furnace / Iron Made in Kentucky

Henry Clay Furnace

Built 7¼ miles east in 1832 by Aylette Hartswell Buckner, S.V. Leedom, Cadwallader Churchill. A stone stack about 35 ft. high, 9 ft. across at widest inside, it burned charcoal fuel to produce pig iron and utensils from ...

CNJ #5 Steam Derrick

Idler Gondola #9208

This steam-powered wrecking crane was part of a small fleet of cars designed solely to maintain the railway - to remove wrecks and to lay, replace, and resurface the track.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey #5 steam derrick ...

Anderson County Courthouse Annex Park

The location of the Anderson County Courthouse Annex on the corner of Fant and River Street has unique significance to Anderson's history. The site is the location of the 1865 federal encampment of the First Maine, 33rd Regiment, United States ...

Reverend Charles F.X. Goldsmith

December 22, 1845 - November 24, 1890

Charles was born in Rochester, New York. At the early age of thirteen he entered the provincial seminary of St. Francis near Milwaukee. He graduated in 1864 and then entered the American College at ...

Captured and Burned

Confederate Raids and Invasions and a Federal Retreat, in Kentucky

On second Kentucky raid CSA Gen. J.H. Morgan's cavalry came from Glasgow to Hammonville, Dec. 25, 1862. Next day sent unit to Bacon Creek and other to Nolin to take stockades ...

LST Building

The Landing Ship, Tank (LST) Building was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A unique structure, the LST Building is an example of early joint forces' operations. The Army, Navy, and British Admiralty ...